voting methods

[@CircleOfSignfighters]

I literally spent two hours at work trying to parse my way around Borda count method and your video made me realize that I'd set last place choices with a point ranking of one instead of zero. Thank you random internet person, my textbook did not explain that very well and I was about to cry trying to figure out what I'd done wrong.

[@nathaliexlr8]

Of course, theoretically, it's best if there are multiple head-to-head votes (i.e. A vs B, A vs C, A vs D, B vs C, B vs D, and C vs D) but practically, that's just not going to happen; the more candidates there are, the more it gets impractical and it won't be representative of the public since most likely a lot of people wouldn't want to go through all that trouble. I personally prefer the Borda Count because I feel it's more fair and takes into account voters' order of preference - if B is the 2nd choice for every voter, A 1st of four but 4th of five, I'd imagine that B would be the better choice even if he or she doesn't have any 1st's.

[@FightToWin21]

Awesome video.... There are some specific scenarios left uncovered, but this helped me out big time with my homework.

[@emc3003]

this was so helpful! thank you very much!!! why cant my professor teach like this :""")

[@csvaughen]

thank you!

[@memelordz1069]

This video was very helpful

[@racedornan14]

I think it would be interesting to start eliminating candidates via the instant-runoff method until you have narrowed down the selection to a low practical number, say 3-6 for example, and then apply the Borda method to the remaining candidates.

[@mariodangelo9768]

Human Race out of curiosity why what's the reasoning as to why such a method would be beneficial?

[@gabrielpetricec2163]

Can You provide a videó about Nanson Method for The voting even it isn't used anymore

[@csvaughen]

Hi, thank you for your comment- I'm sorry, I'm not even familiar with the Nanson method - had to look that one up - interesting - a hybrid method!

[@takepartlive]

Everyone needs to try and vote in every election!

[@JNCressey]

How about if, instead of just putting their preferences in order, they give each candidate a score and then the one with the greatest total score wins?

[@eimteeyax07]

Is candidate D a condorcet winner?

[@csvaughen]

Hi, the answer is no. This is because D does not win head-to-head with each and every other candidate. For example, if an election were held between just D and A, A is preferred by the group, 6 to 3. In some preference schedules, like this one, there is no condorcet winner.

[@eimteeyax07]

Christopher Vaughen so a Condorcet winner has to win head to head battle with each and every other alternative available? If say A wins against B, A wins against C , but D wins against A. Even though A has two wins compared to D (which only has one win, against A), A is not a Condorcet winner because A loses to D? so it is not how many battle you win, but whether you win every pairwise comparison or not that matters? is my understanding correct?

[@csvaughen]

yes, that's right. When you add up the total number of wins, that is a particular method of determining a winner, I forget if has a special name or what the name for such a method is... anyway, notice how since its possible that there is no condorcet winner, looking for one is not really a legit method of voting, it wouldn't guarantee a winner

[@eimteeyax07]

Christopher Vaughen Thank you so much :) I have an exam coming up this week and your video has been really helpful. I hope you could make a video explaining proportional voting system, near future :) Thanks again!